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Winhall dates to 1761

More historic than 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Winhall was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1894 on and the census since 1790.

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Quick answers

How Winhall began

When was Winhall founded?

1761

Winhall dates its founding to 1761 (Wikidata). It appears in the first U.S. census, 1790.

First census: 155 in 17902020 census: 1,182265 years

How historic is Winhall?

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More historic than 44% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1820.
History grade

What drives Winhall’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Winhall is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Winhall’s overall grade.
Founding era1761, from Wikidata: founded before 1776, an older era than 96% of U.S. townsA+Homes built before 19404.2% of homes (±2.0) · typical VT town 22.4% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical VT town 147 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 44%
NewerOlder

Vermont towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Vermont town has 147 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Winhall’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (5% of Vermont towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1761.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share (±2.0 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Winhall’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Winhall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1870 and 1940, then grew 5-fold.On the map since 18944 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1997. Watch Winhall change.Lost villages11 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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Start Winhall’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winhall’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Winhall, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20018001850190019502000842 in 1870Low: 212

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1870 and 1940, then grew 5-fold.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Winhall’s Wikipedia page.

On the map

Winhall on the map, 1894 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winhall. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Winhall on the 1894 USGS mapWinhall on the 1957 USGS mapWinhall on the 1986 USGS mapWinhall on the 1997 USGS map1894Londonderry sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Winhall.

The story so far

Winhall, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Winhall yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Winhall is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2020 census. In the southeastern corner of the town is the unincorporated village of Bondville. Half of the community of Stratton Mountain, part of Stratton Mountain Resort, is in the southern part of the town.

Winhall was established in 1761. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 769 to 1,182 (+54%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Winhall, 1761 to 2020

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 18th century
  2. 1761
    FoundingWinhall is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1815Born hereFranklin Stearns is born here
  5. 1820Born hereRachel Brooks Gleason is born here
  6. 1820Post officeThe Winhall post office opens
  7. 1828Born hereLewis A. Grant is born here
  8. 1850Post officeThe Bondville post office opens
  9. 1880Post officeThe Winhall post office closes
  10. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 21st century
  12. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 1,182
By decade

Winhall, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Winhall Hollow Cemetery2024Winhall Hollow CemeteryWinhall Memorial Library2017Winhall Memorial Library2017-09-10 18 26 31 View east along Vermont State Route 11 at Vermont State Route 30 in20172017-09-10 18 26 31 View east along Vermont State Rou…Winhall vt highlight2004Winhall vt highlight
Famous people

3 famous people were born in Winhall

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Rachel Brooks GleasonAmerican physician · b. 1820
Lewis A. GrantUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1828
Franklin StearnsAmerican businessman and unionist · b. 1815
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Winhall had its own post office from 1820 to 1880.

Winhall
1820–1880
Bondville
1850–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BondvilleForest FarmsFrench HollowIntervalePiper RidgeStocker AcresStratton AcresStratton MountainStratton ValleyStrattonwaldVermont Ventures
Gone or out of use
Red Fox AirportairportSnow Valley Ski Arealocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Winhall
BondvilleHewesMiddletownWinhall Hollow

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Manchester8 historic placesAStratton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSunderlandIts storyBJamaicaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLondonderry2 historic placesA+PeruIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDorset4 historic placesA+

Questions about Winhall’s history

What year was Winhall founded?

In 1761, according to Wikidata. Winhall’s post office opened in 1820, and the first U.S. census counted 155 people here in 1790.

How does Winhall rank for history?

Winhall is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Winhall?

4% of Winhall’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.0 points), against a typical 22% for a Vermont town; the median home was built in 1982.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.